Analysis of Nordic regulatory framework and its effect on waste prevention and recycling in the region

Papineschi, Joe

Hogg, Dominic

Chowdhury, Tanzir

Durrant, Camilla

Thomson, Alice

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Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordic Council of Ministers Secretariat

2019 (English)Book (Other academic)

Abstract [en]

At an important time in Nordic Waste Policy, as the 2018 Circular Economy Package makes significant updates to key European Union directives, this work looks back at the Nordic regulatory framework for waste from the 1970s and its effect upon waste prevention and recycling.At an important time in Nordic Waste Policy, as the 2018 Circular Economy Package makes significant updates to key European Union directives, this work looks back at the Nordic regulatory framework for waste from the 1970s and its effect upon waste prevention and recycling.